Garden Wedding in Balboa Park San Diego California

Garden Wedding in Balboa Park

Victoria and Abel had a stunning, vintage '40s influenced wedding in Balboa Park, one that we were privileged to photograph. His tux looked like it came right off of Dean Martin, her dress was amazing with an illusion back and a form fitting shape. We love to work in this spot, the classical architecture can frame our couples beautifully, and the lighting is always nice and soft. In this one, we placed an off camera flash behind them to highlight the veil, and a nimble assistant dropped the veil and backpedaled out of the frame as fast as she could go! You can see the way the light hits the couple, the veil and the arch above. That's the Botanical Gardens in the background, showing how flash can help balance ambient light hitting the camera. The raised perspective of the couple on the stairs adds drama, too. All in all, I think it's quite an image!